Filmmakers Hicham Lasri and Narjiss Nejjar are representing Morocco at the 68th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival, held in the German capital from February the 15th to the 25th, reports MAP news agency. Hicham Lasri's latest movie, Al Jahilya, questions slavery through six characters. The film sheds light on the evils of the Moroccan society, and which are most of the time generated from injustice (Hogra) and tradition. It also urges to question the way our society is related and linked somehow to the past. After Starve Your Dog, the Sea is Behind and Headbag Lullaby, Al Jahilya is the fourth film directed by Hicham Lasri to be selected by the Berlin International Film Festival. Narjiss Nejjar is also present through her movie, Apatride, which discusses the expulsion of Moroccans from Algeria in December 1975. She tells the story of a 35-year-old woman haunted by a torn apart childhood. Indeed, the young woman who was forced to be separated from her family, was expelled by the age of 12 and had to accompany her father to Morocco leaving her mother behind in Algeria. The two films are part of a long list that contains 385 movies screened in this edition. 19 of them are competing to win the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards.
